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england, the united states, get out of the united nations. i'm tired of hearing hate speeches from people from other countries condemning us. this is a united nations of hate. host: if you go to the united nations web site, it says -- what you think? caller: i think at the time it was probably a good thing, but i don't think they counted on the rise of communism from china and russia and on the muslims and i think the muslims are a big problem with the united nations right now and we should stop trying to pacify them. we have a wenow who seems to sit there and watched-- we have a president now who seems to sit there and watch it. all he has been doing is apologizing. they killed two of our soldiers in afghanistan and the apologized to them. when the embassy was attacked, it was the man who had the movie's iffault. these people hate us. host: here is this on twitter -- here's the washington post front page -- many remember last year when the palestinian leader's request for membership was denied, not something supported by the united states ei
england, the united states, get out of the united nations. i'm tired of hearing hate speeches from people from other countries condemning us. this is a united nations of hate. host: if you go to the united nations web site, it says -- what you think? caller: i think at the time it was probably a good thing, but i don't think they counted on the rise of communism from china and russia and on the muslims and i think the muslims are a big problem with the united nations right now and we should...
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states more accountable and the united states is not just going to get its way as a matter of course in requests from egypt to do various things and carry washington's water in the middle east like mubarek did. host: our guest is steve cook, you can send us an e-mail, c-span.org or join us on twitter, c-span/wj, news of the morning, we've been following this war in syria, which has an civil war, and how serious is it, and what, if anything, can the u.s. do? guest: well, i don't think that it being an all out civil war is actually news. we've been in a civil war situation in syria for quite some time now. it is an unfair fight, and syrian activists and opposition will say that it was a war that was forced upon them by the regime, that this is not a classic case of brother fighting brother. it's the regime's use of overall force, left with no choice to respond. but this is a horrific, tragic situation in which many people are going to die. there was a time when i believed that the united states could intervene in a constructive way. now that we are in an all out civil war, it is a ques
states more accountable and the united states is not just going to get its way as a matter of course in requests from egypt to do various things and carry washington's water in the middle east like mubarek did. host: our guest is steve cook, you can send us an e-mail, c-span.org or join us on twitter, c-span/wj, news of the morning, we've been following this war in syria, which has an civil war, and how serious is it, and what, if anything, can the u.s. do? guest: well, i don't think that it...
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al qaeda it is an enemy of the united states. host: we had this headline in " the washington times." "tells support for the rebels -- total support for the rebels." what is your take? guest: at least 25,000 people have died in syria. president obama said the right thing yesterday. the dictator of syria has to go. there has to be in the government. the syrian government is just strong enough to stay in power. they seem to be evenly matched. there doesn't seem to be a clear winner in this war. russia and china are blocking every attempt by the u.n. security council to help the refugees or the rebel alliance or to give a straight message to the dictator in syria. so they are no help. president obama does not want to intervene with troops because it would take too many american troops. i think he is made the right decision not to put american troops in. women have to consider arming the rebels -- we now have to consider arm the rebels. these poor people have lost their home and kids cannot go to school. it is a terrible story. i thin
al qaeda it is an enemy of the united states. host: we had this headline in " the washington times." "tells support for the rebels -- total support for the rebels." what is your take? guest: at least 25,000 people have died in syria. president obama said the right thing yesterday. the dictator of syria has to go. there has to be in the government. the syrian government is just strong enough to stay in power. they seem to be evenly matched. there doesn't seem to be a clear...
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i was migrating to the united states when i was 20. and i have a son who -- [inaudible] because we didn't have the money to send him to college, and he -- ok. a lot of people was calling in -- they don't have a son inside there. mitt romney, none of them -- none have -- he [inaudible] ok? he doesn't do anything. he doesn't do anything for america. in the cayman islands, bahamas and everywhere else. to fix other people roads and send their children to schools, not in america to help america, so i don't see why serve against president obama. host: yvonne, we're going to leave it there. you wrote an article "can mitt romney recover the soil of american economy" and i think our last caller was alluding to that a little bit. your opinion, what is the sole of republican foreign policy and what does mitt romney need to do to recover it? >> well, there's the realist view which you saw in the george w. administration. people like colin powell and jim baker. there's a conservative strain in the republican party that you saw very strong in his so
i was migrating to the united states when i was 20. and i have a son who -- [inaudible] because we didn't have the money to send him to college, and he -- ok. a lot of people was calling in -- they don't have a son inside there. mitt romney, none of them -- none have -- he [inaudible] ok? he doesn't do anything. he doesn't do anything for america. in the cayman islands, bahamas and everywhere else. to fix other people roads and send their children to schools, not in america to help america, so...
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the people of the united states need to keep continuing to remember. in my opinion, it was a graphic thing, a horrible thing, a terrific thing. just kind of like -- i go to work sometimes and i say -- hey, you know what today is? for a harbor. they're like no, i had no idea. what are you talking about? the thing is, i do not want this to become another thing gets forgotten about. i was a soldier in the military, for lewis, washington, when this happened, and i could not believe what was going on in front of me. it is a really emotional thing, because i have friends and family in new york also. they were there when this happened. my heart almost stopped. host: you and others might be interested in our coverage today. c-span 3, 8:15 a.m. eastern time, you can watch the ceremonies there. c-span 2, we will bring you the coverage of the pentagon ceremony, where the president and vice president will be. then we will go up to the capital for the ceremony up there. c-span.org has more details. go to that, if you are interested. also this morning, "the daily ne
the people of the united states need to keep continuing to remember. in my opinion, it was a graphic thing, a horrible thing, a terrific thing. just kind of like -- i go to work sometimes and i say -- hey, you know what today is? for a harbor. they're like no, i had no idea. what are you talking about? the thing is, i do not want this to become another thing gets forgotten about. i was a soldier in the military, for lewis, washington, when this happened, and i could not believe what was going...
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we, the united states, the u.s. government has to send this money over there to have some influence over there? and on the other side do the folks in the middle east understand or are they under the assumption that regardless of how they behave, they're going to get the money anyway because it's the only sort of guarantee that the u.s. has that they're going to not go completely off the rails? >> to your second question the answer is yes the brotherhood has said it feels entitled to this money. this is america kind of making up for its long time support of hosting mubarak. so the brotherhood and many people in the middle east feel entitled to this aid but our viewpoint, the viewpoint of washington and of course the administration should be hey this aid is not an enentitlement. this is not charity. this is part of a strategic relationship that we're giving you economic aid because you need to help your economy. and we need certain things in return. we need you to abide by a treaty with israel, we need you to protect
we, the united states, the u.s. government has to send this money over there to have some influence over there? and on the other side do the folks in the middle east understand or are they under the assumption that regardless of how they behave, they're going to get the money anyway because it's the only sort of guarantee that the u.s. has that they're going to not go completely off the rails? >> to your second question the answer is yes the brotherhood has said it feels entitled to this...
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that is to support the constitution of the united states. when you're making laws, it is not your prerogative to put your party first. host: mr. woodward. guest: that, as i point out, in the book, there is a scene after scene where the republicans show that they're not going to budge on some of these things. in their view, they are adhering to the constitution. in their view, they're doing what is necessary. the key point here is that speaker boehner is the nominal leader of republicans in the house and opened these negotiations last year with the president. there were all kinds of offers and discussions going back and forth on this. you can see the detail. you may blame obama. you may blame the republicans. you may blame me for writing about it. whenever it is. this is, if you will, the performance review. this is what we always used to call the best obtainable version of the truth. host: 1 last phone call for you, republican line in south carolina. caller: thank you, sir. please let me state a few facts. don't cut me off. host: we don't ha
that is to support the constitution of the united states. when you're making laws, it is not your prerogative to put your party first. host: mr. woodward. guest: that, as i point out, in the book, there is a scene after scene where the republicans show that they're not going to budge on some of these things. in their view, they are adhering to the constitution. in their view, they're doing what is necessary. the key point here is that speaker boehner is the nominal leader of republicans in the...
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that changed the economic equation not just in the united states but around the world. that caused a severe recession. people pulled back, you know, and as that happened, then we had this situation with the banks. they had all their problems, and we all know about that. so the economic problems that we have had in the last 10 years are not because of the bush tax cuts. i would say they are in spite of them. again, if you look at the charts, there has been a slight decline in revenue and is the beginning to come back. but the problem is not the revenue line. the problem is the spending line. you know, my first year in congress back in 1985, the entire federal budget, the entire federal budget was less than $1 trillion. this year, the total spending of the federal budget, i think $3.60 trillion, and the deficit, the deficit was projected to be $1.50 trillion, and i think it is going to come in about $1.11 trillion. this will be the third year in a row that we have had the deficit, the money we have to borrow, over $1 trillion. and that is more than the entire federal budg
that changed the economic equation not just in the united states but around the world. that caused a severe recession. people pulled back, you know, and as that happened, then we had this situation with the banks. they had all their problems, and we all know about that. so the economic problems that we have had in the last 10 years are not because of the bush tax cuts. i would say they are in spite of them. again, if you look at the charts, there has been a slight decline in revenue and is the...
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>> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. ♪ like [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: after a 48 minute speech by bill clinton, president obama became the official nominee of the democratic party last night. the first time a former president has nominated a successor. we want to get your reaction to president clinton's speech and to hear what you think president obama should talk about it his acceptance speech tonight. members are on the screen. -- numbers are on the sreen. if you happen to be a de legate and want to talk about what you've seen, we want to hear from you as well. you can also contact us electronically. you can see the different ways there. facebook if you want to make a comment or continue the conversation. or send an e-mail. here is the front page. "the charlotte observer." here is "the wall street journal." from a front-page view of "the financial times
>> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. ♪ like [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: after a 48 minute speech by bill clinton, president obama became the official nominee of the democratic party last night. the first time a former president has nominated a successor. we want to get your reaction to...
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he is president of the united states. what do you think of how people -- it is like this president is a god. to be treated any differently -- should he be treated any differently? i do not let get skin color. i believe this president has not been doing a good job. i would never vote for him. he is for same-sex marriage and 48 socialist agenda -- and for a socialist agenda and for killing babies. host: we are running low on time. guest: i think she is right. a person should be judged on what they do and as an individual. i could appreciate the fact that democrats would have sympathy towards the president. republicans sympathy towards mitt romney. you should be judged on what you're doing and there is no reason that you should have -- the scene other than the individual that you are. host: iowa is seen as a battleground state. this is "the financial times." talk to us about the presidential campaign there. guest: i never considered iowa a battleground state until now. the caucuses bring us attention but never in a general e
he is president of the united states. what do you think of how people -- it is like this president is a god. to be treated any differently -- should he be treated any differently? i do not let get skin color. i believe this president has not been doing a good job. i would never vote for him. he is for same-sex marriage and 48 socialist agenda -- and for a socialist agenda and for killing babies. host: we are running low on time. guest: i think she is right. a person should be judged on what...
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he was former president of the united states,. what happened to him. he was the reason why they did not want him around. host: could that happen today? could someone with eagle and's background get this far in the nomination process? guest: someone with his background would be treated differently. he would not have shock therapy necessarily. he would be treated with psychotropic drugs that were not available at that time. ink
he was former president of the united states,. what happened to him. he was the reason why they did not want him around. host: could that happen today? could someone with eagle and's background get this far in the nomination process? guest: someone with his background would be treated differently. he would not have shock therapy necessarily. he would be treated with psychotropic drugs that were not available at that time. ink
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it's cost the united states taxpayers a lot of money. and if i'm in as president, you're going to get a u turn on foreign aid put in my budget. and no child left behind. that was a george bush proposal and a ted kennedy proposal. put the federal government in secondary education. i voted against no child left behind. we need to vote to repeal that. and the lady that called n. karen, i bet she probably agrees with me on that. if she's a true conservative, she did, but she's going to vote straight party like most of the republicans. i'm going to take very, very few republican votes. but i've been pretty consistent on my principles over the years and i have always been for ending illegal immigration and greatly reducing legal immigration because i recognize more than any other candidate what bringing in so many persons from third world countries is doing to this nation. it is making us more socialist in philosophy and as obama did well in 2008, massive immigration, illegal and legal. a big factor in it. and you've got to have someone that w
it's cost the united states taxpayers a lot of money. and if i'm in as president, you're going to get a u turn on foreign aid put in my budget. and no child left behind. that was a george bush proposal and a ted kennedy proposal. put the federal government in secondary education. i voted against no child left behind. we need to vote to repeal that. and the lady that called n. karen, i bet she probably agrees with me on that. if she's a true conservative, she did, but she's going to vote...
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states? host: and that was michael in ohio. this is from breitbart, media put 18,000 people in not quite full 5,000-seat arena for obama in wisconsin. president barack obama is having trouble drawing large crowds on the campaign trail, they write at the democratic national convention in charlotte. his campaign was forced to move his acceptance speech from the 74,000-seat bank of america stadium to the 20,000-seat time warner cable arena, citing weather. but the media are always eager to help, for example, putting 18,000 people inside a 5,000-seat arena at an obama event in milwaukee on saturday. this is from a week ago. host: that's from the breitbart website. this is from "the hill" newspaper, healthcare and obama making gains. president obama maintains a 20-point advantage over mitt romney on medicare and his signature healthcare law is more popular than it has been in years, according to a new survey. september's kaiser health tracking poll had mostly good news for obama, but this was temp
states? host: and that was michael in ohio. this is from breitbart, media put 18,000 people in not quite full 5,000-seat arena for obama in wisconsin. president barack obama is having trouble drawing large crowds on the campaign trail, they write at the democratic national convention in charlotte. his campaign was forced to move his acceptance speech from the 74,000-seat bank of america stadium to the 20,000-seat time warner cable arena, citing weather. but the media are always eager to help,...
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we are struggling on the home front for our united states citizens. and wall street has been corrupt. washington has been corrupt. i counted just in a waste and fraud, the gsa -- host: debbie, i apologize. we are to have to leave your comments there. the national journal preview from charlotte light is just beginning. >> on behalf of everybody at the national journal, the atlantic and cbs news, it is my pleasure to welcome you here this morning. i will give you a quick introduction and then will be off. we're doing these briefings every morning at the mccollough center. you are welcome to join us. we will be doing one more tomorrow. we are very fortunate to be able to gather, and we would not be able to have these stimulating discussions without the underwriting support of the american federation of teachers, the credit union national association, and in spending, pfizer, the property-casualty insurers association of america, united technologies, and volkswagen. thank you to all of our writers for their generous support. every morning, we are having a
we are struggling on the home front for our united states citizens. and wall street has been corrupt. washington has been corrupt. i counted just in a waste and fraud, the gsa -- host: debbie, i apologize. we are to have to leave your comments there. the national journal preview from charlotte light is just beginning. >> on behalf of everybody at the national journal, the atlantic and cbs news, it is my pleasure to welcome you here this morning. i will give you a quick introduction and...